Watch 20-Minute Behind The Scenes Feature Promoting The 1989 ‘Batman’ By Russ Fischer/June 23, 2014 9:00 am EST A lot can happen in 25 years. When Warner Bros. was pushing Tim Burton’s Batman, released on this day in 1989, changed the landscape for superhero movies. But at the time, the studio had to convince many people that there was good reason to make a Batman movie. More to the point, Warner Bros....
Watch A Message From The Dean Of ‘Monsters University’ [Viral Video] By Angie Han/Feb. 15, 2013 2:00 pm EST When we first encountered Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) the pair were among the top employees Monsters, Inc. But just as humans don’t ascend the ranks of Fortune 500 companies without hard work and some know-how, monsters need to learn the ropes before they can go on to prestigious careers in scaring....
Will The ‘Avatar’ Sequels Shoot In 120 Frames Per Second? By Angie Han/Sept. 16, 2014 10:00 am EST Unlike some of his esteemed colleagues, James Cameron has never shied away from new technology. He’s been a proponent of 4K resolution and higher frame rates for years. In fact, he’s been telling people he wanted to shoot his Avatar sequels in 60 FPS since 2011 — before Peter Jackson’s 48 FPS Hobbit even hit theaters....
WTF: Oscilloscope Releasing ‘It’s A Disaster’ In 6 Second Installments On Vine By Germain Lussier/Feb. 19, 2013 4:45 pm EST “From the moment it launched just three short weeks ago, it was so clear to us that six-second loops of video, edited in-phone, and posted in real time was and will be the future of film distribution.” So says Oscilloscope’s “Minister of Informative Updates” Bruce Farnsworth, who is currently releasing the upcoming film, It’s A Disaster, on the Vine video app....
‘Evil Dead’ Remake Director Says Sam Raimi Will Direct ‘Army Of Darkness 2’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2013 10:00 am EST At this point we’ve heard about Army of Darkness 2, aka Evil Dead 4, from just about all the principal participants with the exception of one person: writer/director Sam Raimi. Star Bruce Campbell has said (partially joking) that Army of Darkness 2 will happen. Producer Robert Tapert has said as much....
‘Sherlock’ Lives In New Season Three Teaser By Russ Fischer/Nov. 25, 2013 9:30 am EST That headstone is a lie, as we all know, but the opening episode of Sherlock, which kicks off the show’s third season, is all about catching the rest of the world up to the fact that Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) did not die at the end of the second season. A new teaser for the season opener kicks off with a shot of that headstone, then gives us a bit of mopey Watson (Martin Freeman) before starting to get the word out that this new season won’t be centered around a ghost....
‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ Director Rupert Sanders To Make Alfred Bester’s Sci-Fi Tale ‘The Juliet’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2012 4:03 pm EST Briefly: Guess he’s not going to make the Van Helsing movie soon after all. Rupert Sanders made his big feature debut with Snow White and the Huntsman, and then made his tabloid debut by being caught making out with his Snow White star. That threw plans for the Huntsman sequel into some question, and in the wake of that speculation Sanders was said to be a possible director for the Van Helsing reboot that Universal has planned with Tom Cruise....
‘The Raid 2’ Begins Production, Behind The Scenes Photos Released By Russ Fischer/Feb. 1, 2013 8:00 am EST A press release has announced the start of production on Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2: Berandal, which kicked off a 100-day shoot in Indonesia this week. Along with the announcement comes a confirmation of the cast — The Raid star Iko Uwais returns, alongside Tio Pakusadewo, Putra Arifin Scheunamann, Julie Estelle, Alex Abbad and Roy Marten....
10 Things We Learned From ‘Breaking Bad’ S5E14 “Ozymandias” By Joanna Robinson/Sept. 16, 2013 12:30 pm EST “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert…” How perfect that this episode which dealt with so many endings started at the beginning? Sure, all our actors looked a little too old to be playing their Season 1 selves, (Aaron Paul’s high forehead was a particular distraction), but the genius of having Walt bury his treasure at the site of his first cook paid off in spades....
Almost Red Band Trailer For ‘Sharknado’ By Peter Sciretta/July 10, 2013 11:30 am EST SyFy Channel and The Asylum have released an “almost-redband” trailer for the upcoming SyFy channel original movie Sharknado. This film looks beyond ridiculous, and I’m excited to see every horrible minute of it. Watch the new trailer, complete with obvious Jaws-reference, embedded after the jump. Official ploy synopsis: When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace....
By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2014 4:30 pm EST Bill Paxton and James Cameron are more than just co-workers. Besides the fact they’ve worked together on The Terminator, Aliens, True Lies, Titanic and Ghosts of the Abyss, they’re actually real life friends too. Could we see Bill Paxton in Avatar sequels? So at this year’s Warner Bros. WonderCon panel, which Paxton was attending to promote Edge of Tomorrow, a valid question was asked about Cameron’s upcoming films....
Casting Clint Eastwood’s The Changeling By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 16, 2007 12:31 am EST I wrote briefly about Clint Eastwood’s upcoming film The Changeling, in yesterday’s column 55 Must See Movies of 2008. It looks like a few more actors have been cast in the project: Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore and John Malkovich. A mother’s (Angelina Jolie) prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn’t take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers....
Check Out New Guillermo Del Toro And ‘Pacific Rim’ Art Including Possible Mondo Posters By Germain Lussier/July 3, 2013 2:30 pm EST We’ve already seen some very cool collectible art based on Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim and it just keeps rolling in. Odd City Entertainment just revealed a few more posters; there’s a full Guillermo Del Toro art show opening in Los Angeles this weekend; and that mysterious Kaiju Remedies box included two images that look very much like Mondo posters....
Exclusive Clip: Behind The Scenes Of Transformers: Age Of Extinction By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 17, 2014 5:00 am EST Transformers: Age of Extinction hits Blu-ray and home video next week, and Paramount has given us an exclusive behind the scenes clip to premiere. I introduce the clip in a lead-in I shot over a year ago from the Hong Kong set constructed in Detroit Michigan. The clip shows how Jack Reynor learned stunt driving for his role as Shane Dyson....
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First Poster For ‘Escape From Tomorrow’ Draws Blood From A Mouse By Germain Lussier/Sept. 4, 2013 7:00 am EST Since its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Randy Moore’s micro budget film Escape From Tomorrow has been a beacon of controversy. The film dramatizes a father’s descent into madness at a Walt Disney theme park and was shot, without the company’s permission, at the actual parks. Few thought the film would ever see the light of day, but it will be released in October by PDA (minus 15 minutes of footage)....
Fourth Season Of ‘Louie’ Delayed To 2014; Louis C.K. Requested Delay To Allow Creative Recharge By Russ Fischer/Oct. 9, 2012 1:15 pm EST It’s one thing to hear of the truncated fourth season of Community being delayed, and quite another to hear today’s news that FX is putting Louis C.K.’s show Louie on “extended hiatus.” Louie’s fourth season will arrive in 2014, but in this case the delay doesn’t seem to be related to corporate indecision about how to handle the show....
James Gunn On What To Expect In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’ By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2014 5:00 pm EST It’s a little bit unusual that Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is not only in script development, but greenlit and dated before the first film even opens. It’s rare that we see that pattern of announcement. Naturally, writer/director James Gunn is already thinking about the Guardians sequel — hell, he’s probably thought a lot about it in the past few months....
Joaquin Phoenix Will Be In Woody Allen’s Next Film By Russ Fischer/May 2, 2014 9:30 am EST Briefly: A few years ago, after the near-debacle of I’m Still Here, the future career of Joaquin Phoenix seemed to be in doubt. Not that his ability was ever in question — Phoenix is among the most talented actors working today — but his willingness to deal with the business end of the job seemed to have disappeared....
Legal Setback Could Push Comic-Con Out Of San Diego By Germain Lussier/Aug. 29, 2014 10:15 am EST San Diego Comic-Con keeps getting bigger, but San Diego does not. While some new hotels have gone up in the past several years, the convention center itself, and of course the city around it, has stayed the same size. Two years ago, amid bids from several other major cities, the convention signed a contact to stay in San Diego through 2016....
